ARGENTINA DEFEATS ENGLAND 2-1 IN 1986 WORLD CUP- ON MARADONA’S ‘HAND OF GOD’ AND ‘GOAL OF THE CENTURY’ JUNE 22, 1986

In a game that is still talked about today- June 22, 1986 the World Cup quarter-finals- Argentina vs England- Maradona scored two goals- one being the infamous “Hand of God” goal where he got away with using his hand to score the goal and the other goal- the ‘goal of the century” which is one of the greatest individual goals you will ever see. Argentina went on to win the 1986 World Cup.

There was so much media hype around the game. England had a very good team, and it was the first time the team had met Argentina in a major competition since the Falklands War so the level of bitterness after the game was huge.

That was years before I started to follow the sport- I am a late comer- started following it in 2003– but I’ve always loved reading up on the history of the sports I am into–and this had to be a bitter defeat.